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A Randomized Trial Evaluating School-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Ethnic Minority Youth: Exploring Mediators and Moderators of Intervention Effects.
Abstract The study examined the efficacy of a school-based mindfulness intervention on mental health and emotion regulation outcomes among adolescents in a wait-list controlled trial. The study also explored mediators and moderators of intervention effects. A total of 145 predominantly ethnic minority (Asian and Latino) 9th grade students with elevated mood symptoms were randomized to receive a 12-week mindfulness intervention at the start of the academic year, or in the second semester of the year. Students completed measures of emotion regulation and mental health symptoms at baseline, post-intervention,...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fung J, Kim JJ, Jin J, Chen G, Bear L, Lau AS Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Correction to: Reduced Value-Driven Attentional Capture among Children with ADHD Compared to Typically Developing Control.
Abstract The authors would like to correct a few minor errors in our article, none of which change the conclusions or interpretations presented. PMID: 29637439 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology)
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sali AW, Anderson BA, Yantis S, Mostofsky SH, Rosch KS Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Parenting Stress Plays a Mediating Role in the Prediction of Early Child Development from Both Parents' Perinatal Depressive Symptoms.
This study aims to investigate the separate effects of pre- and postnatal depressive symptoms in mothers and fathers, and parents' differential effects on child social-emotional, cognitive, and language development at 18 months of age. Further, we investigate whether effects of depressive symptomatology on child outcomes are particularly strong when both parents evinced high symptom loads and whether parenting stress mediates associations between perinatal depressive symptoms and child developmental outcomes. The study used data from 1036 families participating in a community-based study from mid-pregnancy until 18 month...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 6, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fredriksen E, von Soest T, Smith L, Moe V Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Symptoms of Internet Gaming Disorder in Youth: Predictors and Comorbidity.
In conclusion, IGD is already present in a small percentage of Norwegian 10-year olds. At least three of the proposed symptoms -- withdrawal, tolerance and unsuccessful attempts to control gaming -- merit further study given their weak associations with the disorder. Symptoms of IGD are only marginally associated with symptoms of other psychiatric disorders and only predicted by social skills and emotion regulation deficits. PMID: 29623484 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology)
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wichstrøm L, Stenseng F, Belsky J, von Soest T, Hygen BW Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Neural Correlates of Attentional Processing of Threat in Youth with and without Anxiety Disorders.
Abstract Late-stage attentional processing of threatening stimuli, quantified through event-related potentials (ERPs), differentiates youth with and without anxiety disorders. It is unknown whether early-stage attentional processing of threatening stimuli differentiates these groups. Examining both early and late stage attentional processes in youth may advance knowledge and enhance efforts to identify biomarkers for translational prevention and treatment research. Twenty-one youth with primary DSM-IV-TR anxiety disorders (10 males, ages 8-15 years) and 21 typically developing Controls (15 males, ages 8-1...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - April 2, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bechor M, Ramos ML, Crowley MJ, Silverman WK, Pettit JW, Reeb-Sutherland BC Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research